Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Joel Michael Kent, B. Siewert-Mayer, Phoebe Acheson, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, W. Röllig, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, jfu, Francis Deblauwe, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, Eric Kansa
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History
Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) was the most important ancient metropolis of Ionian Asia Minor.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599612
37.940164272, 27.342402982
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ephesus (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Arsinoe (750 BC - AD 640)
- Arsinoeia (750 BC - AD 640)
- Afsīs (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 650 - AD 940)
- Apasa (unspecified date range)
- Apaša (Hittite, unspecified date range)
- Arsinoē (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Aya Soluq (AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Aya Soluḳ (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1683)
- Aya S̱oluḳ (AD 1300 - AD 1453)
- Ayasoluk (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Ayā Sulūk (AD 1258 - AD 1335)
- Ayāsulūk (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Efes (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Ἔφεσος (Ephesos: Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Ephesvm (Ephesum: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ephesus (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Ephesus (Georgian, AD 1300 - AD 1453)
- Selçuk (Turkish, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Ufsūs (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- ʾfss (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) capital of Arzawa (1750 BC - 1200 BC)
- Less than certain: Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (regional) Arzawa (1750 BC - 1450 BC)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) capital of Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (administrative) Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) member of Delian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) member of Ionian League (750 BC - AD 300)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (administrative) Lydia (Kingdom) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (administrative) Ptolemaic Kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ayasuluk Hill succeeds Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Commercial Market (Tetragonos Agora) located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Harbour Thermae, Ephesos located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Insula M1 (Ephesus) located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Library of Celsus located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (30 BC - AD 640)
- Stadium (Ephesus) located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Hadrian (Ephesus) located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Theater of Ephesus located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed aqueduct at Ephesus (Aqua Iulia?) flows into Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (30 BC - AD 1453)
- Vedius Gymnasium located at Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 61 E2 Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia)
- CAT Ephesos
- Foss 1979
- ItMiller 703
- New Pauly Ephesus
- Oster 1987
- PECS (Perseus) EPHESOS Turkey
- Perseus AAAB Ephesos (Site)
- RE Arsinoe 14
- RE Ephesos 1
- Scherrer 1995
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) EPHESUS
- ToposText Ephesus (Ionia)
- WHL 1018: Ephesus
- Waldner 2020
- Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut: Forschungen in Ephesos
- See Also:
- Related:
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- Arachne Ephesos (gesamt) Ἔφεσος / Ephesus, İzmir (Provinz)
- Arachne Selçuk Ἔφεσος / Ephesus, İzmir (Provinz)
- DARMC 24634
- EDH Geographic Database G001961: Ephesus
- GeoNames 7522155: Ephesus
- MANTO 8254020" Ephesos (Asia Minor)
- TM GEO ID 648: Ephesos
- Wikidata Arsinoia (Q130100981)
- Wikidata Ephesus (Q47611)
- Wikidata Ephesus (Q64699469)
- nomisma.org Arsinoe (Ephesus)
- nomisma.org Ephesus
- vici.org 2278
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 E2 Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia)
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Selçuk
C. Foss, G. Reger, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Joel Michael Kent, B. Siewert-Mayer, Phoebe Acheson, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, W. Röllig, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, jfu, Francis Deblauwe, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, and Eric Kansa, 'Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599612> [accessed: 17 June 2025]
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